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Summary: DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE!
Review: This was the most overhyped, unscary piece of rubbish that I have ever seen in my life. I'd have had more fun staying home and watching my toenails grow. I am regretting the hour and a half less that I have left to live as a result of seeing this movie. Myrick and Sanchez DEFINITELY created their own hype - there's no way people could actually believe this stuff was in the least bit frightening. The acting alone was good and believable though after a while Heather Donahue's hysterics become so irritating.
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Summary: Very effective, very original
Review: I thought this film was very, very good. Yes, the camera work is shaky in its "home/ student movie" style, and therefore not the least bit slick or sophisticated as far as visual or technical finesse goes--but therein lies its unsettling immediacy. It is precisely because this little indie was created outside the artistic sensibilities of the big-budget, formula-bound Hollywood system, that it is able to be genuinely creative (original) and effective; the film uses its low-budget status (rather than trying to hide that status) to tell its story, and the result is quite effective for all its rawness and unpretentiousness. I give it five stars because despite its superficial deficiencies in production values and storyline, it does manage to be the first movie in about 20 years to get me feeling truly and unshakably spooked while I watched it and for a good while afterward. In my opinion, any movie that can have that kind of imapact in this age of film formulas and predictability deserves a top rating.
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Summary: Worst I've ever seen
Review: After finishing this gem, I took it out of my VCR and destroyed it. This is the worst movie ever, and I have seen some bad ones (e.g. Humanoids from the deep) Bad lighting is just the start. The only good thing about this movie was the marketing, after all it got me to fork out 12.95. Save your time and money.
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Summary: Save Your Money and Watch Scooby Doo Instead!
Review: "The Blair Witch Project" is tied with "Eyes Wide Shut" for the most overrated and downright silly movie of 1999. The plot is really pretty simple - a bunch of Gen X'ers get lost in the woods, say the "F" word a lot, and get picked off one by one. Nothing you can't get from your average episode of "Scooby Doo", except for the language and violence. But even if foul language and wanton violence are what you want in a movie, there are still better choices than this.
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Summary: If you enjoy a bad comedy...
Review: The only thing scary about this movie is having to sit through it. Overhyped, small budget movie. At no point in the movie will any reasonable person get scared. Without any fear, all you're left with is a bunch of kids running around a forest whining. It's worse than an episode of the real world. Rent this if you must, but then only if you are in the mood for a horribly unentertaining comedy.
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Summary: Yawn! Which project? 1 Star is too good for this film!
Review: If anyone has problems with insomnia in general I would advise seeing this short piece of worthless footage. If you like the woods of Maryland and listening to idiots who haven't got a clue what they're talking about then this is the film for you. The plot is sketchy at best and how anyone can actually consider that this was even based on a true story I don't know. I know children who have come up with more convincing and 'Real Life' supernatural tales. On the whole jolly bad show, it's a shame it wasn't a true story. Advice to budding BWP style film-makers, try filming in a backdrop with a little more history and put some realistic scenes from supernature.
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Summary: Not Worth It!
Review: I went into the movie with questions...and left it in the same way. I think if I cared enough about the characters, or were given a bit more concrete information on their ultimate demise I would have felt better leaving the film. I didn't. I think if maybe they would have even focused some clues on what it was that was out there (not necessary to show me what it was) and ultimately got them I would have been somewhat ok with the whole thing...but this never happens. Instead you go on this odessey lost, leave it lost and feel annoyed at everyone involved in the movie. I think the actors did a good job with what they had. And if anyone who isn't too into hiking or camping has done so in the woods at night, then you know how creepy some of this stuff is (i.e. the noises they hear the first night). Overall its disappointing and not worth the time or money.
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Summary: Good Project
Review: I liked this film and was totally taken in with the suspense and style. Of course this is not a multi-multi-million dollar production. If it was it probably would have ruined it. Sorry, to those who wanted fancier special effects of amputations and bloodletting. It actually reminded me of the fun I had watching old "B" movies. I give it an "A" for originality.
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Summary: Refreshingly different
Review: This "amateur" movie is simply brilliant. Refreshingly different. Sublime acting which is almost too realistic. The artistic effects are so simple they're genius. And the movie shows how subjective a camera is - you feel claustrofobically imprisoned inside the borders of the very screen, so you sit'n'think: »No! Look over there instead! THERE!«. An experience! (But of course it is much much better on the big screen!)
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Summary: Avoid, Avoid, Avoid!
Review: This was recommended so highly to me by my younger brother, and there were so many references to it (even Target has a Blair Witch commercial now!) that I figured I had to see it just to find out what all the fuss was about. Before I went, I checked out the Blair Witch web site, and was very impressed with it. It traces the history of the witch, gives footage from "newscasts" on the missing kids, and had me looking forward to a very scary movie. Unfortunately, the film itself is not as good as its website. I left the movie convinced that it was made as the result of a drunken bet at film school ("No man, I'll bet you I can make people pay me to get them ticked off AND nauseous.") Honestly, I was so sick to my stomach during the movie that I thought I'd eaten some bad moo shu pork, and that was just from the camera-work. I had read that the movie had to be re-edited to make Heather (one of the three film students) less shrill and more likeable; I left wondering what in the world they could have left on the editing room floor. But it wasn't just Heather who was annoying - all three of the main characters were self-important and much more interested in yelling at each other than working together to get out of the woods. All of this would be bad enough, but the movie depends on piles of rocks and stick figures suspended from trees to do the scaring (all I could think about was the line from Ghostbusters - "You're right, Ray - no human would stack books like this") none of which was the least bit frightening. Overall, I would only recommend this movie if you just drank bathroom cleaner and need to induce vomiting. If you want to get a good scare (and much better acting and production values), check out The Sixth Sense.
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